mike16v Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Had posted this in the Aussie Vortex forums, but thought I would check out if anyone back in the UK had experience of this... Looking into possibly buying a jet ski, and thought I should start with the obvious question... can the MkV R32 have a tow bar fitted? Just thinking of the centre exit exhausts... The car will never tow anything more than the jetski on trailor. Any ideas? The R32 brochure has 'TBA' for the trailor towing limits Cheers These pics may help; A3 3.2 Underside view (similar platform) Pic of the rear underside of an R32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGK512 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 The R32 brochure has 'TBA' for the trailor towing limits ... I rang VW to ask about this at the begining of the year before I bought mine. They said there were no plans for a R32 tow bar and not quite sure why brochure said TBA ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisEPG Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 VW would never sell or develop a tow bar for the mkV R32 as it's practically impossible to have one fitted to the current design safely as the exhaust and the bumper get in the way. ...However! I suspect that its quite likely you could remove and modify the rear bumper and fabricate/weld a tow bar which passes through a square hole where the rear number plate sits, as a few have done to the mkIV Golf. Wouldn't like to tow a twin axle caravan that way though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 .... towing is not gonna happen without major modification to the rear bumper and exhaust assembly. feck the jet-ski, get a supercharger kit instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytco0 Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 In the picture opf the R32 underside the way that the car is supported looks a bit iffy, I am not sure I would want mine jacked up like that. Looks as though its resting on a couple of builders planks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike16v Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 would it not be possible to do anything using the holes circles in red in the attachment? Not sure what these are on the A3, and assuming they are there on the R32 also.. There is a gap between the exhaust pipes that a tow hitch could fit below? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32Geordie Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Sorry this thread was just asking for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 that has to be a contender for photochop of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGK512 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Sorry this thread was just asking for it [/ QUOTE ] That looks like some crap reversing .... just about to jack-knife by the look of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v6tas Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Sorry this thread was just asking for it [/ QUOTE ] Just cant get my head around buying an R32 (or any performance car for that matter) and pull a caravan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGK512 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 When I was doing sprint and hillclimbs there was a guy with a SWB quattro that used to tow a trailer .... with another SWB qattro on it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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